News & Commentary about Disability Rights

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Zoe Brennan-Krohn, Nicole Jorwic, and W/ Kamau Bell discuss disability rights

Mar 14, 2025

Know Your Disability Rights with Zoe Brennan-Krohn and Nicole Jorwic

Disabled worker in a wheelchair typing at keyboard while looking at two computer screens.

Mar 6, 2025

Rights of Federal Employees with Disabilities, Explained

Demonstrators holding signs that read "HANDS OFF MEDICAID" protest the Trump administration's plan to roll back Medicaid expansion during a rally in front of the DuPage County Court House in Illinois.

Feb 25, 2025

Medicaid is a Lifeline for People with Disabilities. Congress Must Act to Save It.

Nov 25, 2024

Incarceration Should Not be a Death Sentence for Individuals Who Use Opioids

White Plains, NY - USA - April 3, 2022: Closeup of Wesley Wofford's 9 ft bronze sculpture, Harriet Tubman — The Journey to Freedom. Depicting Tubman leading a young enslaved girl to freedom.

Jul 18, 2024

We Owe It to Harriet Tubman to Talk About Her Disability

Person holding binder and is in handcuffs.

May 20, 2024

We Fought for Deaf People on Probation and Parole in Georgia — and Won

Washington, DC/United States - May 21, 2019: Pro-life abortion protest on the steps of the Supreme Court after states sought to pass restrictive "heart beat" abortion laws.

Apr 24, 2024

Special Edition: Emergency Abortion Care at SCOTUS

Activists and people experiencing homelessness gather near tents housing the homeless at an encampment in Echo Lake Park as the city makes plans to evict all the parks encampments in Los Angeles, March 24, 2021.

Apr 18, 2024

SCOTUS Will Decide If Homelessness Can be Punished

Jan 10, 2024

Language Access is a Civil Right, For Both Children and Adults

photo dated 29/08/16 of Britney Spears who has name dropped Sir Elton John and Paris Hilton in her new memoir published on Tuesday.

Nov 2, 2023

We All Pathologized Britney Spears